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by Kristin Lloyd (Author)
Keep your weight off after weight loss surgery. Bariatric surgery is a tool. Research has indicated that self-monitoring is one of the determining factors that helps prevent regain and help people keep their weight off long-term. When studies show that 40% of weight loss surgery patients regain weight within five years of surgery, there has to be something that is missing. Accountability and support, in addition to mindset shifts are key. However, many of the programs that exist aren't for bariatric patients, or require a lot of excess time. This post-bariatric surgery accountability workbook was created specifically with busy individuals in mind to keep things simple, while also helping people to stay focused on their post WLS weight loss goals. Planning and preparation is one of the key ingredients to being successful after weight loss surgery and this accountability journal is your one stop shop for reaching and maintaining your weight loss surgery success Packed with daily, weekly, and monthly exercises this accountability journal aims to put everything you need in one place so you can plan and track effortlessly, so implementation is easy and habit changes occur naturally. This workbook is also designed to guide you to your personal growth beyond the weight as well. While the weight loss may be one of your biggest goals, the ultimate goal is to live your best life after bariatric surgery. Whether you've had lap band, gastric bypass, or the gastric sleeve procedure, this workbook will help you stay on track with your post-surgical plan. The Bariatric Mindset Success 6-month Accountability Workbook includes: * Monthly Food and Fitness Goal Worksheets * Monthly/weekly intentions for success worksheets * Build new healthy habits worksheet * Break old bad habits worksheet * Weekly meal planning and grocery shopping worksheets * Worksheets to track your daily food, exercise, supplements and water intake * Worksheets to help you practice self-awareness * Tracking sheets to celebrate your successes The Bariatric Mindset Success 6-Month Accountability Workbook is your complete guide to mindset shifts and lifestyle changes after bariatric surgery.
Author Biography
Kristin Lloyd, MS, LMHC, LPC, has been creating outstanding results for individuals, couples, and organizations for over 10 years as a highly-accomplished psychotherapist, transformational mindset mentor, college educator, and consultant. Through her invigorating and transformative facilitation skills, Kristin has been guiding individuals, couples, and executives to achieve dramatic breakthroughs in mindset and motivation, self-confidence, productivity, commitment, habit-shifting, interpersonal communication, relationship renewal, conflict resolution, stress reduction, and aligning with their soul's purpose as well as reinventing one's future for success. Kristin's passion for helping people 'get out of their own way' led her to work with weight loss surgery patients to shift their mindset after bariatric surgery. She works with them to create lasting behavioral/habit changes and emotional adjustments which lead to happy, healthy and fulfilling lives by keeping the weight off and adjusting to the multitude of lifestyle changes that occur following bariatric surgery. As a mental health professional, she is passionate about helping people overcome depression, anxiety, self-sabotage, and life stressors so they can achieve balance and sustained success through habit building. As a doctoral candidate in Psychology, Kristin's dissertation research focus is on the process of lifestyle change following bariatric surgery. She received her Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling in 2006, and since her surgery in 2013, has combined her years of professional experience as a therapist, coach, mentor, and educator with her personal experience as a weight loss surgery patient in helping others succeed. Having friends that have experienced regain after bariatric surgery, Kristin has made it her mission to address the emotional issues that arise after surgery to help people avoid regain, and stay on track to keep the weight off long-term. In addition to working in a private practice setting as a licensed psychotherapist (both in office in Alpharetta, GA and online), Kristin is a certified Reiki Master, an EFT/Energy Psychology Practitioner, certified mindset mentor and coach, a speaker, and a prolific writer. Kristin is currently a contributor for The Obesity Action Coalition, Obesity Help, The Huffington Post and The Master Shift. She is also a member of the Obesity Action Coalition.
